Portable cattle guard



IN VEN TOR.

O. R. WINKLER PORTABLE CATTLE GUARD 2 SI-IEETS-SHEET l Ozwus Z MAM AseBY @ZQQQ ATTORNEY 6? in m A April 8, 1952 Filed April 29, 1946 W wmwzApril 8, 1 0. R. WINKLER 2,592,225

PORTABLE CATTLE GUARD Filed April 29, 1946 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 OZV/LLE 2h/wzase INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 8, 1952 UNlTED-f STATES PATENT OFF-ICE f' 1 Thisinvention relates to cattle-guards, or the like, which are portable andcapable of being collapsed and its principal object resides in theprovision of'a device adapted for installation in fence lines atentrances to fenced areas in which cattle. or other livestock, areimpounded and its design is such as to prevent thepassage of livestockthrough such passage-ways while accommodating vehicular tramc. 7

Anobject ofthe invention is that of providing an inexpensive and simplestructure which may be manufactured in uniform designs and structuralmeasurements for economy and that provides a device of the characterdescribed suitable for any geographical'area and undervariousconditions.

Broadly, the invention seeks to comprehend the provision of acattle-guard which is sturdy in construction yet wholly collapsible andcapable of being readily packaged or stored and which may be assembledby any person of ordinary skill, and dismantled, if desired, for removalto a different location.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects willbecome manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection withthe appended drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention showing the samecompletely assembled and illustrating the manner in which the inventionis supported, one of the leg members being shown embedded in a concretefooting illustrated in vertical section.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective illustration of one endof one of the side rails showing the integral tubular socket thereon.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the verticalstandards secured at the ends of the invention in the manner shown inFigure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective View of one of the end members ofthe frame showing the series of spaced tubular sockets thereon, and

Figure 5 is an end elevational view of the invention shown installedover an excavation or ditch, the surrounding earth being illustrated insection, and illustrating one type of concrete footing in'which the legmembers are embedded.

The invention primarily comprises a pair of end members I0 and I 0'which are preferably tubular in section, and which have integraltherewith arrangements of tubular sockets II extending from one sidethereof and in a horizontal direction, as illustrated in detail inFigure 4. The members I0 and III are opposingly arranged, as illustratedin Figure 1, so that each arrangement Application April 29, 1946, SerialNo. 665,852

ZCIaims. (01. 256-14) of sockets i l is directed towardv the other andare thus capable of receiving the ends ofaplurality of spaced tubularrails I2 forming a grill-like structure. between the end members In andI0.

Tubular side rails I3 and I3" are arrangednon each side of the pluralityof spaced rails I2 and on each end thereof are arranged integral socketsM and I5 and directed at right angles, as illustrated particularly inFigure 2. The side rails I3 and I3'are supported by a pluralityof-standards I6 whose lower ends are preferably, embedded in "concretefootings ll, or the: like, as shownin Figures 1 and 5. The sockets I5 ofthe rails I--3 provide receptacles for the upper ends of, the standards-It while the ends of the end members It and I0 engage the sockets I4 ofthe member I3 and I3. In this manner the entire assembly of the tubularrails I2, I3 and I3 is retained in the position illustrated in Figure 1.

Each of the side rails I3 and I3 has dual arrangements of sockets I8 andI9 spaced from its ends in the manner shown in Figure 2. This socketarrangement affords a means whereby auxiliary supports can be provided,as shown in Figure 1, the upper ends of spaced standards 20 beingreceived by the vertical sockets I8 while the laterally directed socketsI9 provide receptacles for the ends of transverse tubular members 2|spaced downwardly from the rails so that the members I2 are supportedthereby.

Each of the end members I0 and Ill has an integral socket 22intermediate its ends which sockets project upwardly and providereceptacles for the lower ends of vertical standards 23, shown in detailin Figure 3, each having sockets 24 and 25 integral therewith and whichare arranged in angular positions and paired. The socket arrangements 24and 25 are smaller in diameter than the sockets II and 22 and affordreceptacles for the ends of angular braces 26 and 21 shown in Figures 1and 5.

The sockets 28 are arranged at each end of each side rail I3 and areintegral therewith, as illustrated in Figure 2, and each is adapted toreceive the lower end of each of the angular tubular braces 26 when theinvention is assembled as in Figure 1. Other sockets 29 are arranged oneach side of the socket 22, as shown in Figure 4, and are opposingly andangularly disposed so as to accommodate the lower end of the angularbraces 21 which are the shorter of the vertical end assemblies shown inFigures 1 and 5- Each of the sockets may be provided with a set-screw30, or other device, b which the members inserted therein can bedetachably secured In Figure the invention is shown installed over anexcavation 3| which may be of any suitable depth and the standards I6and 20 are provided with ordinary pipe flanges 32 which are supported onconcrete footings 33 to afiord suitable rigidity for the device.Obviously, the invention may be employed as a bridge over irrigationditches, drainage ditches, or the like, providing passage for vehiculartraffic while preventinglivestock from crossing. Temporary passages forlivestock may be provided, however, by placing suitable materials on thespaced members l2, l3 and I3.

Manifestly, the structure herein shown and described is capable ofconsiderable changes and modifications by persons skilled in the artwithout departing from the spirit andyintent of the invention or thescope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a cattle guard adapted for installation over an excavation in afence line, in combination, a pairof spaced tubular end rails, eachhaving a series 01' spaced integral tubular sockets along one side, thesaid rails being opposingly arranged to align the sets of socketsthereon, a plurality of parallel spaced tubes having their ends arrangedin said sockets and supported by said end rails, a tubular support foreach end of said end rails, a vertical standard detachably supported ineach end rail and extending above said rails and said spaced tubes, anda plurality of angular braces detachably arranged on each side of eachof said standards.

2. In a collapsible cattle guard for installation in a fence line. incombination, a pair of spaced tubular end members, each having a seriesof spaced integral sockets thereon and arranged so that the said socketson said end members are opposingly aligned, a plurality of spacedparallel tubular members arranged between said end members anddetachably supported at the ends in said sockets, a plurality ofvertical supports for said end members and said parallel tubularmembers, a vertical socket formed on each of said end membersintermediate its ends, a vertical standard detachably arranged in eachof said vertical sockets, a plurality of angular sockets on each endmember and spaced from said vertical socket, and angular braces arrangedin said sockets and detachably supporting said vertical standards.

ORVILLE R. WINKLER.

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